Esther and Tom's wedding gift

Alongside a gift from 'the list' I wanted to give something a bit more personal for my friends wedding, so decided to knit a little commemorative 'pic' to put in a heart shaped frame.

I have created a chart to show how to recreate this, obviously you would need to change the date to one of relevance for you. Initially I put in a map of Italy (honeymoon destination) and some hearts but you loose about 4 stitches on each side due to overlap with the frame and it didn't look too great, so I went for something slightly less complicated. You can also adapt the colour of the ranunculus (but I wouldn't blame you for mistaking it for a rose) to match the bouquets to add that finished touch.


Using DK wool and 3.5mm needles, knit from bottom up according to chart (as PDF in case web pages don't display well) or using instructions below, knitting on odd rows and purling on even rows.  Default colour is turquoise, and other colours listed per stitch as they are used.

Cast on 20
row 1 - KFB, K18, KFB
row 2 - purl
row 3 - KFB, K20, KFB
row 4 - PFB, P22, PFB
row 5 - KFB, K24, KFB
row 6 - PFB, P26, PFB
row 7 - knit (30 stitches)

row 8 - purl

row 9 - knit

row 10 - P4, [P1pale blue, P1] four times, P4pale blue, P2, P2pale blue, P3, P2pale blue, P5

row 11 - K4, K1pale blue, K2, K1pale blue, K1, K1pale blue, K2, K1pale blue, K1, K1pale blue, K5, K1pale blue, K3, K1pale blue, K5

row 12 - P5, P1pale blue, P3, P1pale blue, P4, P2pale blue, P1, P1pale blue, P2, P1pale blue, P1, P1pale blue, P7

row 13 - K6, K1pale blue, K3, K2pale blue, K1, K1white, K2, K1pale blue, K1, K1white, K1, K1pale blue, K3, K1pale blue, K5

row 14 - P5, P1pale blue, P3, P1pale blue, P2, P1pale blue, P4, P1pale blue, P2, P1pale blue, P3, P1pale blue, P5

row 15 - K4, K1pale blue, K4, K1pale blue, K2, K1pale blue, K1, K1pale blue, K2, K1pale blue, K2, K1pale blue, K3, K1pale blue, K5

row 16 - P4, [P1pale blue, P1] four times, P1, P2pale blue, P3, P2pale blue, P2, P4pale blue, P4

row 17 - knit

row 18 - purl

row 19 - K17, K1green, K12

row 20 - P8, P1green, P4, P1green, P1, P1green, P14

row 21 - K15, K2green, K4, K3green, K6

row 22 - P9, P1green, P3, P1green, P2white, P3, P1green, P10

row 23 - SSK, K9, K1green, K1, K2white, K4cream, K1, K1green, K7, K2TOG

row 24 - P9, P1cream, P1white, P1cream, P4white, P2green, P2, P1green, P7

row 25 - SSK, K6, K2green, K1, K1green, K4white, K3cream, K7, K2TOG

row 26 - P8, P2white, P1cream, P4white, P2green, P9

row 27 - SSK, K8, K1green, K2white, K1green, K5white, K5, K2TOG

row 28 - P6, P1green, P5white, P1green, P1white, P3green, P7

row 29 - SSK, K8, K1green, K5white, K1green, K5, K2TOG

row 30 - P7, P1white, P4green, P1, P1green, P8

row 31 - SSK, K5, K1green, K3, K4green, K5, K2TOG

row 32 - P5, P1green, P2, P1green, P5, P1green, P5

row 33 - SSK, K2, K2green, K12, K2TOG

row 34 - P9, P3, P1green, P1, P1green, P3

row 35 - SSK, K14 K2TOG

row 36 - purl

row 37 - SSK, K12, K2TOG

row 38 - purl

row 39 - SSK, K10, K2TOG

row 40 - P2TOG, P8, P2TOG

row 41 - SSK, K6, K2TOG

row 42 - purl

row 43 - SSK, K4, K2TOG

row 44 - cast off purlwise whilst P2TOG, P2, P2TOG

Once cast off, you shouldn't need to block the design simply tack it to the wooden frame insert.  It might help to put some pretty paper underneath in case loose knitting shows gaps.

The photo frame I used was this one here at Not On The High Street.